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talk to me? Haven't you heard me
crying every night in bed? I do want to be saved,' and Kate burst into
tears.
'Darling, I didn't know. I've been stupid and shy; but I'm sorry. You can
be saved just now. We'll kneel down right here,' said Lucy. The sisters
knelt beside their bed, and Lucy led Kate step by step into the Kingdom
of God. She knew she was a sinner? 'Oh, yes,' sobbed Kate. She was
sorry for her sins? 'Yes.' She would give them up? every one? and
would live henceforth only for God? 'Yes!' Then Jesus was saying,
'Come unto Me, and I will give you rest.' Did Kate believe it? 'Yes!'
Then we'll sing together the words I sang the night I was saved, 'I do
believe, I will believe that Jesus died for me.' Together the sisters sang
the chorus, just as if they were in a meeting; then they both prayed, and
kissed one another, and got into bed.
Lucy went over it all, and praised the Lord for giving her the joys of
salvation, first to herself, and now to the one she loved best in all the
world, and so fell asleep.
Surely the angels looked down that night and smiled upon the sisters,
the elder destined to be a patient, plodding, burden-bearer in the
heavenly warfare, and the younger a great warrior in the Kingdom of
Heaven, one of the saints and most successful field officers of the great
Salvation Army.

II
CHOOSING HER COURSE

From babyhood Kate Lee had been a delicate little mortal; she was so
timid that even the visits of relatives to her home were a kind of torture
to her, and she would hide in any corner rather than come forward and
entertain or be entertained.
Her delicacy inclined her to selfishness, and her timidity to reserve and
aloofness. She bid fair to grow up an insular, somewhat unlovable
woman; but child though she was, conversion meant a radical change in
character and purpose. She realized at once that as a follower of Jesus
she might not live to please herself. She became interested in other
people, their well-being and sorrows and needs. Then the joy of the
Lord became her strength. It was so glorious to know that her soul was
saved from sin; that she was at peace with God; that He had promised
to be with her, and guide her, and help her through life, and give her
Heaven at last. And this promise was for all the world; but people were
still sinful and sad. Surely they did not know about Salvation. She must
tell them!
Straightway she wanted to wear an Army bonnet, so as to silently
witness for Jesus as she walked the streets. But opposition against
Salvationists was strong in those days, and Mrs. Lee was fearful lest
Kate should be roughly handled going to and from the meetings. In the
matter of uniform, she had to content herself with a badge of Army
ribbon. This she wore on her dress to school, and drew upon herself the
ire of uncouth lads who noticed it; some even pelted her with mud. She
used to remain behind after school hours to talk to her schoolmates
about Salvation; some she won, but others resented her message.
Invited to the birthday party of a school friend, she went, wearing as
usual her Army badge. During the evening this was torn from her
breast.
Kate's eyes began to be opened concerning the attitude of the world
towards Christ. She found that most people did not want to know of His
will, much less do it, and that if she intended to devote her life to seek
and to save souls she must be prepared to suffer with her Lord. Far
from repelling her, the challenge called up the reserves of love and
courage that until now had lain dormant in her spirit, and once and for

all she took sides with Christ.
The shy little recruit, with eyes as blue as the sky, golden curls
reaching to her waist, and a complexion like pink rose petals, sang her
testimony in the meetings until she gained courage to speak. She was
ever planning ways by which she could direct people's thoughts toward
God, and to arouse them to a sense of their spiritual state. An ingenious
method she hit upon was to write carefully-worded little letters to the
postmen and drop them into various pillar-boxes.
The family removed to Hornsey, and soon afterwards Lucy heard the
'call' to officership in The Salvation Army. This was the first real trial
Mrs. Lee had felt in connexion with her daughters' association with The
Army. Though herself anything but a woman of war, she had not
interfered